The Platform Economy (eBook)

Digital ecosystems formed on the basis of digital platforms are significantly transforming modern reality. Today it is difficult to imagine life without LinkedIn, Facebook, or Amazon. The total income generated by them is estimated at trillions of dollars. Digital platforms are the main driving force of the digital economy. The impact and growth of digital platforms on social and economic processes today is difficult to overestimate. The pandemic has further deepened their influence on society, as almost all social communication and economic activity has moved to online format on digital platforms. The growth of the share of digital platforms in various segments of the economy was so rapid that regulators around the world were not ready for such large-scale transformations. All this has caused a number of crisis phenomena, when IT giants have grown into an independent branch of 'power', which has direct access to the personal and financial data of millions of citizens, and moreover, have the opportunity to directly influence them.

This monograph is a unique publication in which, for the first time, a large-scale and sufficiently deep team of experts and scientists from various countries of the world studied in detail the multidimensional phenomenon of the 'platform economy' and the measures taken by states to regulate these processes. The book will be interesting to a wide range of readers interested in the problems of the development of digital platforms and the developing branch of law and science - the law of digital platforms.

Maxim I. Inozemtsev is Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor of the Department of Private International and Civil Law, Head of Dissertation Council Department, MGIMO-University. Dr. Inozemtsev is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Digital Law Journal and a Member of the European Association of Science Editors. He has worked at MGIMO-University giving lectures on Corporate Law of Foreign Countries, Civil Law and International Private Law. Dr. Inozemtsev also worked as an Associate for Baker McKenzie.

Elina L. Sidorenko is Dr. Sci. in Law, Professor, the Head of the Center for Digital Economy and Financial Innovation, Academic Supervisor of the Digital Lawyer Master's Program and Professor at the Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at MGIMO-University. She is the CEO of a digital platform for working with entrepreneurs' requests. She is also an official expert of GRECO. She is the author of more than 250 scientific and educational works.

Zarina I. Khisamova is Ph.D. in Law, specialist in criminal law and criminology, digital law and intersectoral relations in the digital economy, lecturer of Contract Law in the Digital Economy at MGIMO-University. Actively engaged in digital topics in the expert field.

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Digital ecosystems formed on the basis of digital platforms are significantly transforming modern reality. Today it is difficult to imagine life without LinkedIn, Facebook, or Amazon. The total income generated by them is estimated at trillions of dollars. Digital platforms are the main driving force of the digital economy. The impact and growth of digital platforms on social and economic processes today is difficult to overestimate. The pandemic has further deepened their influence on society, as almost all social communication and economic activity has moved to online format on digital platforms. The growth of the share of digital platforms in various segments of the economy was so rapid that regulators around the world were not ready for such large-scale transformations. All this has caused a number of crisis phenomena, when IT giants have grown into an independent branch of "e;power"e;, which has direct access to the personal and financial data of millions of citizens, and moreover,have the opportunity to directly influence them. This monograph is a unique publication in which, for the first time, a large-scale and sufficiently deep team of experts and scientists from various countries of the world studied in detail the multidimensional phenomenon of the "e;platform economy"e; and the measures taken by states to regulate these processes. The book will be interesting to a wide range of readers interested in the problems of the development of digital platforms and the developing branch of law and science - the law of digital platforms.